Are they usually a part of the deals ran in the fall? I know POR is included but really couldn't remember if the royal rooms were usually included.. Thinking about staying in them next year.
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We booked one for this Sept and got the free dining promo. It's a free quick service dining now though, so it's not as good a value as before.
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Really? Why are moderate resorts receiving QS plans now? Seems pretty cheap on Disney's end to me....
I heard you can upgrade to the regular dining plan by paying the difference in cost. Quick service dining plan is better than no dining plan at all....especially when it is free!!
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I heard you can upgrade to the regular dining plan by paying the difference in cost. Quick service dining plan is better than no dining plan at all....especially when it is free!!
This is true, but keep in mind the same applies for Value Resorts. Why pay more for a moderate resort when the All Stars/Pop Century offers the same thing? Also, I imagined the moderates would have the regular dining plan free then the deluxe resorts would have the deluxe dining plan free.
I will say, we stayed at POR last year in one of the royal rooms and I just was not a fan. They were very far away from all bus stops and foodcourt/registration building, and there is so much going on the rooms that it almost feels claustrophobic. In our experience this year so far, we switched our WL reservation to POR. We found the princess rooms to be cheaper because they really are in a bad location. Just our experience so far and some advice from someone who has stayed there.
"When hinges creak in doorless chambers... and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.. whenever candlelights flicker... where the air is deathly still... that is the time when ghosts are present... practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."
A few years ago we stayed in one of the buildings that now have the Royal rooms and we did not find them to be far away from the main building at all. Our building was the Oak Manor building and it took maybe 5-7 minutes to walk over to the main building. We also had the option of using the bus stop at the main building or using one that was located not far away just across the parking lot behind our building. We stayed at an alligator bayou room in November and found it to be further away from the main building than our Oak Manor room (now Royal rooms) that we stayed in years ago.
1288 very long miles to WDW!
1958 DL-Off property
Dec 1998 WDW-Off property-Chaperone HS Band trip
Sep 2005 WDW-POR-25th Late Anniversary
Apr 2010 WDW-POR-30th Anniversary!
Aug 2012 DL-first time in 54 yrs!
Apr 2014 DL-34th Anniversary!!
Nov 2016 WDW-Retirement!
Apr 2018 Disney-DGD's 1st trip!
Our 25th anniversary a few years back, we splurged for a few nights in the Royal room, as a treat, before going to FQ.
They were nice on the inside, but ours opened onto the back of the sold concrete staircase to the upstairs level. Dropped the ambiance meter for us a lot. Overall, I wouldn't do it again as we are only in our rooms to sleep.
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